Information received on 1 November 2005 from Dr Gabriel Predoi, Director General, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, Bucharest:
End of previous report period: 31 October 2005 (see Disease Information, 18 [44], 405, dated 4 November 2005).
End of this report period: 1 November 2005.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 7 October 2005.
Date of start of the event: 4 October 2005.
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory.
Details of new outbreak:
| First administrative division (County) | Lower administrative division (district) | Type of epidemiological unit | Name of the location | Date of start of the outbreak | Species | Number of animals in the outbreak | ||||
| susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaugh-tered | ||||||
| Constanta | Mihai Viteazu | village | River Danube, in the vicinity of Vadu-Oii village | 10 Oct. 2005 | fau | … | 3* | 3 | … | … |
* 2 geese and 1 swan
Description of affected population in the new outbreak: the birds were found dead in an unpopulated area, at a distance of about 1 km from the River Danube, close to Vadu-Oii locality; the birds may have belonged to a flock of migratory birds.
Diagnosis:
| Laboratory where diagnostic tests were performed | Diagnostic tests used | Date | Results |
| Institute for Diagnostics and Animal Health (national reference laboratory for avian influenza) | virus isolation; genomic detection | 1 Nov. 2005 | positive for virus subtype H5 |
Source of new outbreak: unknown or inconclusive.
Treatment of affected animals: no.
Final report: no.